Sarah Z. Dungan, PhD

Welcome!

I'm a newly certified professional technical communicator (CPTC) with an academic background in the life sciences.

As a biologist turned technical writer, I have a strong appreciation for the highly specialized people who use the documentation I compose. I've experienced the stress of peer-review and the frustration of following a vaguely written lab protocol. I too have frantically searched the manual for that extremely expensive new ultra-centrifuge, desperate to find the meaning of the error code it won't stop displaying.

 

In other words, I know firsthand how important high-quality scientific and technical writing is.

Each piece of content I produce is bespoke to the user and their context, whether they're graduate students, lab technicians, or principle investigators.

 

At heart, I am a scientist first and a writer second, but that only means my reverence for knowledge and my affection for the people who create it are central to my production process.